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Heirloom Hulless Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Henry Blair, Hillary Emick
Heirloom Hulless Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Henry Blair, Hillary Emick
Northwest Crops & Soils Program
There is an interest amongst the Northeast grain industry in hulless barley (also known as naked barley) for specialty food markets. The addition of a specialty grain, such as hulless barley, can support local farm viability by diversifying crop rotations and revenue streams. Unlike malting barley, hulless barley is free threshing. This means the hull easily separates from the grain kernel during harvest and cleaning, producing whole grain barley for human consumption. Because it is whole grain, hulless barley has higher flavor and nutritional value than pearled barley which goes through an abrasion process to remove the hull and bran. …
Heirloom Hulless Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Rory Malone, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean
Heirloom Hulless Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Rory Malone, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean
Northwest Crops & Soils Program
There is an interest amongst bakers and the grain industry in the development of local grain varieties. Specialty grains, such as hulless barley (naked barley), can support local farm viability outside of commodity markets, and provide small-scale bakers and millers with a value-added opportunity as well. Hulless barley has an outer hull loosely attached to the kernel, which generally falls off during harvest, allowing the bran and germ to be retained. Due to this loose hull, hulless barley is a whole grain that requires minimal processing in comparison to barley that has hulls tightly adhered to the seed. In 2019, …
Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean
Organic Spring Barley Variety Trial, Heather Darby, Hillary Emick, Haley Jean
Northwest Crops & Soils Program
With the revival of the small grains industry in the Northeast and the strength of the locavore movement, craft breweries and distilleries have expressed an interest in sourcing local barley for malting. Malting barley must meet specific quality characteristics such as low protein content and high germination. Depending on the variety, barley can be planted in either the spring or fall, and both two- and six-row barley can be used for malting. In 2018, UVM Extension in collaboration with the Eastern Spring Malting Barley Nursery (ESBN) testing network conducted a spring malting barley trial to evaluate yield and quality of …